“The Shape of Things to Come” is the 81st episode of the American Broadcasting Company’s Lost and the ninth of the fourth season. It aired on April 24, 2008 on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episode is set on December 27, 2004, the survivors’ 97th day on the island. It is one of a few Lost episodes to contain footage filmed outside Hawaii.
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“The Shape of Things to Come” is the 81st episode of the American Broadcasting Company’s Lost and the ninth of the fourth season. It aired on April 24, 2008 on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episode is set on December 27, 2004, the survivors’ 97th day on the island. It is one of a few Lost episodes to contain footage filmed outside Hawaii. It received positive critical reviews, and the original broadcast in the U.S. was viewed by 14 million people. Emerson received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards; the episode was also nominated in the category of Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. It was the first of the second batch of fourth-season episodes that were originally planned to air uninterrupted by a hiatus with the rest of the season. However, the 100-day 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike paused production and caused the writers to condense the second half of theseason, which aired after a four-week break. Ben recruits Sayid Jarrah to become his assassin, and leaves for London, where he breaks into Widmore’s penthouse; although he cannot kill Widmore, he states that he is going to kill his daughter Penelope. Ben tells Sayid that Widmore ordered Ishmael Bakir to kill Ben’s wife, Nadia Nadia, in Tunisia on October 24, 2005. Ben journeys to Tikrit, Iraq where he kills two armed locals, and knocks the other unconscious and travels on horseback to the funeral place of Sayid’s wife.
In the end, Ben and the other survivors flee for the forest, with Ben lingering briefly to grieve over Alex’s body. The survivors return to the beach camp to find the corpse of Dr. Ray, the freighter Kahana’s doctor, washes ashore. Jack Shephard, who suffers from stomach pains throughout the day, forces Daniel to reveal that it was never their intention to rescue the survivors. James Ford saves Claire Littleton from her exploded and burning house, but three survivors are shot to death by the mercenaries. Ben, John Locke, and Hugo Reyes fortify Ben’s house, while James Ford goes to retrieve the other Survivors in the Barracks. Ben and Locke depart to locate Jacob for further instructions, but Locke holds them at gunpoint, successfully demanding that Hurley goes with him. Ben communicates with Martin Keamy, who threatens to kill Alex if Ben does not surrender. Ben attempts to negotiate and is shocked when Keamy executes Alex. Ben re-emerges shortly after covered in soot and the smoke monster attacks Keamy’s henchmen, and he re-Emerges shortly before covered in a hidden chamber. Ben is startled when he wakes up in the Sahara Desert wearing a winter jacket and with a large cut on his upper arm; challenged by two armed local locals, he kills one of them and knocked the other unconscious.
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